Who Was the Least Garbage Person on Game of Thrones This Week?

Well, it seems that other than being a bit more depressed than usual, Undead Jon Snow is just like Alive Jon Snow. Here we are, three episodes into Season Six, and the bigger picture is very slowly starting to become clear. But, we'll get to that shortly, because, as we're doing every week this season, we'll run down the major characters from each episode and decide who was the least garbage person.

As this season has done so far, it's delivered quickly on big questions. This week opened up where we left off last week, with a naked and stabby Jon Snow waking up and looking understandably freaked out. Though we thought he'd be a little... uhm... different after, you know, coming back from the dead, he seems to be pretty normal. Unfortunately, now he's this nihilist Jon Snow, who, when asked what he saw after dying, just said, "There was nothing. Nothing at all." Depressing. And Nihilist Undead Jon Snow, now just abandons everyone at the Night's Watch. He leaves Davos, Melisandre, and all of the Crows and Wildlings who stood up for him when he was betrayed and stabbed. These people literally brought him back to life and he just walks off. Dick move, Nihilist Undead Jon Snow.

Everybody's favorite neck beard on Game of Thrones is back, and, naturally, he's puking in a bucket while trying to figure out what to do with Gilly and Little Sam. Can everyone also take note that actress Hannah Murray is basically a medieval version of Cassie, who she played on Skins? This scene isn't particularly exciting, especially while interspersed with Sam vomiting yellow pudding.

Bran—while Hodor and Mira do what exactly?—is still going back in time with the Three-Eyed Raven. These scenes, as we talked about last night, are becoming increasingly more important to the overall narrative of the story. While last night's flashback only really teased some interesting stuff to come, at least it provided the episode with the only action sequence. Pretty badass watching Ser Arthur Dayne fight with two swords.

Daenerys has finally reached her destination after a couple of weeks walking with the Dothraki, and it appears that she, as the Khaleesi to a dead Khal, is supposed to go live with the other widows. Why? Who knows? Obviously, they didn't explain that to her now or when she entered this marriage. Thanks. There's apparently some sort of trial going to happen to decide her fate—the best of which would be living out the rest of her days in this dark hut. Luckily, Jorah and Daario are nearby, and we can only hope for some sort of trial by combat or stealth rescue situation.

We get to see a little bit how Varys operates his vast network of spies. And it appears he's a pretty good dude about it.

Tyrion, meanwhile, is just sitting around discussing international politics about a bunch of empires we know and care very little about. No need to mention those dragons he freed in the last episode.

Cersei is very slowly making plans, which appears to involve intimidating people with the Undead Mountain.

And Tommen, ugh, I'm so done with this kid.

Ramsay is just a total monster. A sadist, who seems to be driven more by torturing people than by any desire for power, his character doesn't even make much sense. He's fabulously well acted by Iwan Rheon (whose actual name sounds more like a GoT name), but I'm so over this character. And now he has poor innocent Rickon Stark. It'll never end. Never.

But Arya Stark is the Least Garbage Person on Game of Thrones this week: It's about damn time. After basically getting her ass kicked this entire series, then getting blinded at the end of last season, then spending this season being blind and getting her ass kicked, something good finally happened to her. She got pretty good at fighting without eyes, then became No One, and got her eyesight back. It's pretty incredible how long Arya has been with the Faceless without anything actually happening, but it's finally starting to move ahead. A slight demerit here for the scene of her drinking from the cup and opening her eyes taking like an entire minute.

Matt MillerCulture EditorMatt is the Culture Editor at Esquire where he covers music, movies, books, and TV—with an emphasis on all things Star Wars, Marvel, and Game of Thrones.

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